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  • Publisher’s Note

    Feb 15, 2013

    by Chris Theodore Could it be that our most pressing and significant problems could be solved in a single feat like Luke Skywalker achieves through a single, well-placed missile delivered to the heart...

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  • Personalities of Our Time

    Nov 27, 2012

    by Noam Chomsky I’m just old enough to remember the Great Depression. After the first few years, by the mid-1930s, the spirit was quite different; there was a sense that “we’re gonna...

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  • 7 Views on Progress: Each With Merit?

    Nov 27, 2012

    Which of the 7 views have merit and which do not?  Join the debate using DISQUS commenting below.  1. GROWTH IS GOOD FOR YOU Despite the trauma of boom and bust, there’s nothing like capitalism f...

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  • A Three Decade Progress Myth

    Nov 27, 2012

      by Chris Theodore In 2011, the Congressional Budget Office issued a report with staggering significance. They reported that for three decades—from 1981 to 2011— income of 90% of Americans ...

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  • The Human Adventure

    Aug 01, 2012

    by Bharat Mansata Big problems numb the mind and dwarf the imagination. But by refusing to look at them, they don’t go away. In our times, resistance and creativity must walk hand in hand. No tranq...

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  • Lest We Forget

    May 28, 2012

    by Chris Theodore A night ago, I watched a film called The Last Train, the story about the last transport train of German Jews from Berlin to the Auschwitz and Birkenau death camps. It was a transport...

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  • What Silence Means Now

    Mar 29, 2012

    by Christopher Theodore  I wrote this statement in response to someone opposed to the protests on Wall Street because of his faith that those on Wall Street were in fact actually working harder than ...

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  • The 7 Biggest Economic Lies

    Mar 29, 2012

    by Robert ReichHere’s one effort to rebut the seven biggest whoppers now being told by those who want to take America backwards. The major points: 1. Tax cuts for the rich trickle down to everyone e...

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